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Darren Walton

Emotional Jason Day breaks five-year PGA Tour drought

Australia's Jason Day has won the PGA Tour event in Texas for his first title in five years. Photo: Getty

Australian golf star Jason Day has broken a five-year PGA Tour title drought with an emotion-charged Mother’s Day victory at the $US9.5 million ($14.3m) AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

A year after losing his mum Dening to cancer and tumbling outside the top 100, Day denied Scottie Scheffler the chance to return to world No.1 in a tense Sunday shootout at TPC Craig Ranch.

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